Europe’s 700MHz band should be freed for mobile broadband by 2020, a report to the European Commission recommends. The extra spectrum is needed to meet increasing demand for video on tablets ...

Come June 2010, wireless mics will have to abandon the popular 700MHz band, where many have been squatting without authorization. Churches have known for some time that this was coming ...

Remember all that hot "beachfront" 700MHz spectrum auctioned off to wireless companies in 2008? Small carriers who bought into the band assumed that cool new 4G devices coming out in the next year ...

By this point, operators had expected that the Lower 700MHz frequencies would be fully homogenized into a single band specification with the 3GPP for LTE, with a separate band specification for ...

Any existing devices broadcasting in the 700MHz band will have to stop operating by June 12, the FCC said. The main products affected by the ban will be wireless microphones, which have operated ...

Verizon Wireless says that it plans to sell spectrum in the A and B blocks of the 700MHz frequency band, but how valuable is that spectrum to other carriers rolling out 4G LTE anyway? Marguerite ...

700MHz band: The Park Place and Boardwalk of mobile data spectrum In general, LTE networks run on frequencies in the 700MHz to 2.5GHz range, though spectrum on lower frequencies is preferable for ...

AT&T recently told the FCC where it stands with respect to interoperability in the 700MHz band and said it is making good progress. At issue is phones' abilities to roam between several different ...

These portions of the 698MHz-806MHz band, which is commonly referred to as the “700MHz band,” have been allocated for commercial wireless services and do not include the 700 MHz guard bands nor the ...

Here’s how it works. The FCC has voted unanimously to ban the use of wireless microphones and other devices in the 700MHz band after the transition to digital television Feb. 17. Also included in the ...

In a move that could dramatically alter the current communications landscape, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) Tuesday revised the 700MHz band plan and service rules to allow for a portion ...